Prevalence of a novel epileptogenic EEG pattern in the Martin-Bell syndrome

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a study aiming at establishing the prevalence, specificity, and the sensitivity of a characteristic sleep EEG pattern in patients with Martin-Bell syndrome, in comparison with a sample of etiologically different mentally retarded patients. The estimation of the prevalence (11% among the total sample), the specificity, and the sensitivity, allows us to propose this pattern as an important 'marker', useful in the diagnosis of the Martin-Bell syndrome.

title = "Prevalence of a novel epileptogenic EEG pattern in the Martin-Bell syndrome",

abstract = "In this paper, we describe a study aiming at establishing the prevalence, specificity, and the sensitivity of a characteristic sleep EEG pattern in patients with Martin-Bell syndrome, in comparison with a sample of etiologically different mentally retarded patients. The estimation of the prevalence (11{\%} among the total sample), the specificity, and the sensitivity, allows us to propose this pattern as an important 'marker', useful in the diagnosis of the Martin-Bell syndrome.",

T1 - Prevalence of a novel epileptogenic EEG pattern in the Martin-Bell syndrome

AU - Musumeci, S. A.

AU - Ferri, R.

AU - Colognola, R. M.

AU - Neri, G.

AU - Sanfilippo, S.

AU - Bergonzi, P.

PY - 1988

Y1 - 1988

N2 - In this paper, we describe a study aiming at establishing the prevalence, specificity, and the sensitivity of a characteristic sleep EEG pattern in patients with Martin-Bell syndrome, in comparison with a sample of etiologically different mentally retarded patients. The estimation of the prevalence (11% among the total sample), the specificity, and the sensitivity, allows us to propose this pattern as an important 'marker', useful in the diagnosis of the Martin-Bell syndrome.

AB - In this paper, we describe a study aiming at establishing the prevalence, specificity, and the sensitivity of a characteristic sleep EEG pattern in patients with Martin-Bell syndrome, in comparison with a sample of etiologically different mentally retarded patients. The estimation of the prevalence (11% among the total sample), the specificity, and the sensitivity, allows us to propose this pattern as an important 'marker', useful in the diagnosis of the Martin-Bell syndrome.